A tense standoff ends after six hours Tuesday afternoon near 57th Street and Parallel Parkway when a man and his family exit the home.

A tense standoff ends after six hours Tuesday afternoon near 57th Street and Parallel Parkway when a man and his family exit the home.

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Updated: 5:17 PM CDT Aug 16, 2016

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WEBVTT RRESTS. STACEY CAMERON: EVERYONE THAT WAS ON THE SCENE TODAY DESERVES CREDIT FOR NOT LETTING THE SITUATION ESCALATE TO VIOLENCE. THE POLICE, THE CROWD, THE PEOPLE THAT WERE PROTESTING, IN THE END, AUTHORITIES DID NOT GET THE MAN THEY CAME HERE TO ARREST. HERE IS A LOOK AT THE SCENE EARLY THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. CLOSE TO 100 PEOPLE WANTING POLICE TO LEAVE. IT WAS A: 30 THIS MORNING WHEN FEDERAL MARSHALS CAME TO SERVE A WARRANT, AND ARREST ANDREWS ON A PAROLE VIOLATION RELATED TO AN ALLEGED SEX CRIME WITH A JUVENILE. WHEN ANDREWS CALLED THEY WEREN'T ILLEGAL AND REFUSE TO SURRENDER, KCK SWAT TEAMS MOVED IN AFTER ANDREWS REFUSED TO ANSWER WHETHER HE, HIS WIFE OR TWO SONS INSIDE THE HOME HAD WEAPONS. >> DO YOU SEE A GUN POINTED AT YOU? WHAT DOES IT HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING? STACEY CAMERON: AFTER TALKING TO POLICE AND THE CROWD FOR HOURS THROUGH A PA THEM WITHOUT NOTICE, WITHOUT ANY REASON, POLICE GOT UP AND LEFT. THEY NEVER TOOK ANDREWS TO CUSTODY. HE IS A FREE MAN TONIGHT AT A FEW MINUTES AGO HE TOLD ME THAT HIS 13-YEAR-OLD AND 14-YEAR-OLD HAVE BEEN TAKEN IN TWO CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES. WE ARE LOOKING TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE A SAFE HOME AND

Tense KCK standoff ends as police leave scene

A tense standoff ends after six hours Tuesday afternoon near 57th Street and Parallel Parkway when a man and his family exit the home.